This online resource introduces younger students to the concepts of movement.
The resource is a Science ASSIST Connected Learning Experience for Foundation Year students where they observe and compare the movement of various common toys.
Learning intentions
Students will be able to:
This online resource helps younger students differentiate between pushes and pulls.
The resource is a worksheet designed to be used with Foundation Year students. The students are presented with 6 objects or events and are required to identify, discuss, and record whether each is an example of pushing or pulling.
New Australian Curriculum Code: AC9S1U03 (Year 1)
This online teaching resource helps teach young students about forces.
The resource discusses students' understandings of forces and motion (i.e., pushes and pulls) and also details learning tasks that will engage students when investigating these concepts.
There are also direct references to academic research on science education for younger primary students.
New Australian Curriculum Code: AC9S1U03 (Year 1)
This downloadable resource helps teach younger students about the physical world.
The resource outlines a number of practical activities and challenges designed to support and engage Foundation to Year 2 students when exploring the physical world.
This inquiry-based teaching resource guide provides advice and ideas on how to engage and challenge the thinking of students.
It also outlines a range of practical tasks on dealing with motion, magnetism, sound, light and simple machines.
This online teaching introduces younger students to movement and motion.
The resource details ways of engaging and supporting Foundation Year students when learning about the concepts of movement and motion.
This inquiry-based unit provides advice on conducting investigations into moving toys, ways of moving and body parts that move.
It includes 7 lesson plans, student worksheets and other resources that support its implementation.
This online resource introduces Foundation Year students to forces.
The resource is a Scootle resource in the from of an interactive challenge which requires students to make decisions about the force needed to move a range of animals across a bridge.
It explores pushes and pulls as forces that can move an object that is at rest.
New Australian Curriculum Code: AC9S1U03 (Year 1)
